Vital Healthcare Tips

By:-Dr. PK Pathak M.D (Medicine)02 Aug, 2017

So called diseases of affluence or lifestyle diseases like hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular diseases, stress related disease and truncal obesity have grown exponentially and have reached epidemic proportions in India, So much so that it is now known as the hub for these disease in the world

Why is it so?

Frankly, we do not know. Probably it is in our genes, As long as we were underfed or we were dying of infection or communicable disease and life expectancy as such was much less-it was not evident. From the moment health care services have improved, the mortality due to infectious disease has reduced dramatically. With an improved economy, stresses of modern day living and changed lifestyle-this so called ‘lifestyle diseases’ are the new epidemic!

So what do we do?

Eat healthy- Fresh fruits/veggies. Low-fat diet.

Exercise- at least30 minutes of exercise for a minimum of 5 days a week